treating wood for raised bed organically??
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risin Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Posts: 18 Location: Galway
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:08 am Post subject: treating wood for raised bed organically?? |
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Hi all,
I read somewhere that wood for raised beds can be coated in linseed oil to protect it from the weather. If one doesnt have linseed oil but has nut oils such as almond, would this do the trick???
many thanks for any suggestions...
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nemo Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree

Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 94 Location: kildangan kildare
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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linseed oil is a lot cheaper than a nut oil ,but oil is oil i guess
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risin Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Posts: 18 Location: Galway
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:35 am Post subject: |
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thanks nemo,
I have almond oil in the cubboard for years so I thought I could use it up this way...
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